Justin Samson
Born in 1979 Resides in Brooklyn, NY Solo Exhibitions 2009 2007 2005 Inside the Cosmic Motion Picture Projector, John Connelly Presents, New York Justin Samson, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan Justin Samson, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions 2009 2008 The Queue, Philadelphia Institute for Advance Studies, PA Rooftop Sculpture Show, Redemption Center, Brooklyn, NY A.T. Complex, curated by Frederick Janka, John Connelly Presents, New York A New High In Getting Low (NYC), curated by John Connelly, John Connelly Presents, New York 2007 A New High In Getting Low, ArtNews Projects, curated by John Connelly, Berlin, Germany The Incomplete, The Incomplete Incomplete, The Complete Incomplete, curated by Herbert Neumann & Manon Slome Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY 2006 Summer’s Flower, Summer Sweet, Chashama North, Pine Plains, NY Kamp K48, curated by Scott Hug, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY Tempest, curated by John Connelly, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY Welcome Home, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden, March Trifecta, curated by becky Smith, Esme Watanabe, and Eric Samuels, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY Galleri LOYAL Nordic Art Fair FEST, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden Frisky Flaming Hot, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark Psychic Reality, curator Esme Watanabe, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY Group Exhibition, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
2005
The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves, and Sarcastic Hippies, curator Scott Hug, Yerba Buena Los Angles, CA Is There Anybody Out There, curated by Scott Hug, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan With us against reality, or against us, curated by Ida Ekblad & Anders Nordby, Galleri S.E., Norway Labyrinth: the backward path, curated by Tyler Emerson, The Newton Building, Miami, FL The Four Color Pen Show, Van Harrison Gallery, Chicago, IL,
2004
Divided by Lightning, Deitch Projects, New York, NY Mommy I’m not an animal, Capsule Gallery, New York, NY Elk Rattle, Kate MacGarry, London, UK High Desert Test Site 4, Joshua Tree, CA and if you think you see with just your eyes you are mad, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA The Infinite Fill Group Show, Foxy Production, New York, NY Incantations, Metro Pictures, New York, NY California Earthquakes, Daniel Reich, New York, NY, Majority Whip, White Box, New York, NY Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
2003
La Superette, Deitch Projects, Participant Inc., New York, NY Kult 48 Klubhouse, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY Lore of The Trickster, The Kitchen, New York, NY Today’s Man, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, Galerie du jour agnes b., Paris, France The Squared Circle, Gallery 13, Danbury, CT Dirt Wizards, Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., Brooklyn, NY Now Playing, D’amelio Terras, New York, NY
2002
Living Room, DUMBO arts festival, Brooklyn, NY Lighting up, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY CWOS, New Haven, CT
2001
CWOS, New Haven, CT
Bibliography 2006 Smith, Roberta, “Trifecta,” New York Times, February 2006 Hornung, Peter Michael, “Ny amerikansk kunst hos Wilson,” Politiken, March 17, 2006 Scavenius, Bente, “Ny international kunst pa de unge gallerier,” Borsen, March 31, 2006 Ross, Trine, “Afrevne lemmer og totempaele,” Politiken. March 24, 2006 2005 Image, Bust, August/September 2005, p. 72 “John Connelly Presents,” Fudge, vol. 26, August 2005 "Picks," Village Voice, June 8 – 14, 2005, p. C75 Smith, Roberta, “Art in Review,” New York Times, June 10, 2005, p. E44 “When in Home,” photos by Amy Giunta, Loyal, Issue 9, Spring 2005 “The Infinite Fill Show,” Time Out New York, August 12 – 19, 2005, p. 53 2004 "Justin Samson," Loyal, Issue 8, 2004 Smith, Roberta, “The Infinite Fill Group Show,” New York Times, August 6, 2004, p. E 2 Johnson, Ken, “Incantations,” New York Times, July 16, 2004, p. E 31 Wolf, Matt, “Majority Whip,” Flash Art, July/September 2004, p. 63 LaValle, Andrew, “Young Artists Get Personal with Politics in Group Show,” NY ARTS, July/August 2004 2003 Flavorpill, Cave Canem, 04, k-48 klubhouse, 03, Dirt Wizards,03 “k-48 klubhouse,” artnet, photos by Paul Laster “The New Dealers,” New York Magazine, December 1, 2003 “Dirt Wizards,” photos by Mary Barone, artnet, July 24, 2003 “A Grand Finale of group Show Fireworks,” New York Times, July 18, 2003 “Living Room,” Zing Magazine, 2003